Peritoneal fluid leptin is associated with chronic pelvic pain but not infertility in endometriosis patients

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 788-791

  Bedaiwy, Mohamed A ^a   Falcone, Tommaso ^a   Goldberg, Jeffrey M ^a   Sharma, Rakesh K ^a   Nelson, David R ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Endometriosis; Idiopathic infertility; Leptin

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE STERILIZATION REVERSAL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEAL FLUID; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

EID: 33644862894     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei376     Document Type: Article

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